Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 7/31/17

CALENDAR: The House has left for its August recess, and will not return until Tuesday, September 5. The Senate will return on Monday, with the first vote set for 5:30 PM. The Senate will remain in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House returned on Monday, and took up H.R. 3180,…

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We Support Jeff Sessions

We support Attorney General Jeff Sessions and believe he is the right man, and the best man, to lead the Justice Department at this time. Senator and now Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been a loyal, highly visible, and early supporter of President Trump and his policy agenda.  He is a principled conservative leader who…

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President Trump’s labor nominee clears latest confirmation hurdle

President Donald J. Trump’s labor-secretary nominee Alexander Acosta made it over the latest hurdle in his confirmation battle and will likely face an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor later this week. The Washington Free Beacon has the story: The Senate voted 61-39 to advance Acosta to a vote expected for Friday. Acosta was confirmed…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 4/9/17

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CALENDAR: Congress will break for two weeks for the Easter Recess. The Senate will be back in session on Monday, April 24, and the House will be back in session on Tuesday, April 25. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back into session on Monday evening, and took up and passed H.Res.…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 4/2/17

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CALENDAR: The House will return Monday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30 PM. The House will stay in session through Thursday. The Senate will return Monday, with the first vote set to take place at 5:30 PM. The Senate is set to stay in session through Friday. And then Congress will break for two weeks…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 3/05/17

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CALENDAR: The House will return Tuesday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30 PM, and will be done for the week on Friday, with no votes scheduled later than 3 PM. The Senate will return Monday, with the first vote set to take place at approximately 6 PM. The Senate is set to stay in session…

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